There were very few Apple Maps rumors for WWDC this year, only one little paragraph from Mark Gurman <with comments>: An updated Maps app will make it easier to set […]
Japanese Buddhism - Maps - Signage
Why does Google Maps discriminate against Buddhist Temples?
Dear Google Maps Team, I have noticed recently that Google Maps in Japan has stopped using the traditional Manji 卍 character for marking Buddhist temples and has substituted a plain […]
Apple - Japanese Typography
Fix the rice emoji Apple, it’s gross
Many Japanese have pointed out this already, but the Apple rice emoji is just gross. The rice doesn’t look like cooked rice, it’s grey and unfit for human consumption, like […]
Apple - Maps - Signage
Hurry up Apple, Zenrin still talking with Google Maps to supply Japan data
After Google dropped premier Japanese map data supplier Zenrin in March, Google Maps Japan quality took a nose dive as steep as Zenrin’s stock price. Nikkei reports a comment from […]
Japanese Typography
CSS and the Death of Traditonal Japanese Typography
It’s an open secret that Apple doesn’t really care that much about advanced typography, they just say they do. The laughably amateur vertical text support feature in Pages app makes […]
Apple - Maps - Signage
Apple Maps Japan Vans Up Close
Lots of folks are tweeting pictures of Apple Maps image collection vans now that they are blitzing Tokyo. Close up views of the right side are very interesting, showing a […]
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